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meditation (med″ĭ-ta´shәn)   an intentional and self-regulated focusing of attention, originally used primarily in religious and spiritual practice, whose purpose is to relax and calm the mind and body.
 

mindfulness meditation  a technique of meditation in which distracting thoughts and feelings are not ignored but are rather acknowledged and observed nonjudgmentally as they arise in order to create a detachment from them and gain insight and awareness.

transcendental meditation  a technique for attaining a state of physical relaxation and psychological calm by the regular practice of a relaxation procedure (generally two 20-minute periods a day) that entails the repetition of a mantra that blocks distracting thoughts from entering the mind.





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